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Bi Luo Chun and Wenshan Baozhong Teas

Bi Luo Chun and Baozhong Winter 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

December 17, 2022

We procured our winter 2022 batches of Sanxia Bi Luo Chun and Wenshan Baozhong Teas at about the same time. Since these teas are produced in close geographical proximity, and share a deep cultural history, we decided to brew them simultaneously to offer a perspective on how they compare and contrast with each other.

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High Mountain Oolong Summer/Fall Harvests 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

High Mountain Oolong Summer/Fall Harvests 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

September 26, 2022

Taiwan High Mountain Oolong Teas are typically harvested 3 or 4 times a year. Between the most popular spring and winter harvests, there are usually summer and/or fall crops. In recent years, we've been dedicated to sourcing these "in between" harvests as much as possible. We do this for two reasons.

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Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea leaves

Limited Edition Tea Series | Eco-Cha Teas

September 08, 2022

We proudly announce our Limited Edition series of Eco-Cha Teas! This exclusive selection is comprised of teas that are both top quality and limited in supply. Some are teas that we've offered previously and some are new additions to our in-store menu. All of them represent Taiwan's tea culture and world class professionalism.

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Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong Summer 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong Summer 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

August 18, 2022

We had ideal weather conditions for the summer harvest of Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong, following a growing season that was conducive to uniform new leaf growth on the tea bushes. The previous spring growing season was unusual in that it remained cool through May! So the spring crop was slow growing and somewhat similar to a typical winter growing season, although we had sufficient rainfall.

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Alishan High Mountain Jin Xuan Oolong Summer 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

Alishan High Mountain Jin Xuan Oolong Summer 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

August 11, 2022

Our summer 2022 batch of Alishan High Mountain Jin Xuan Oolong is an exemplary representative of this category of Taiwan Tea! It is lightly oxidized, offering pronounced milky/buttery notes which the Jin Xuan cultivar is famous for. Given the weather patterns through the early spring growing season compared with the late spring growing season — the second flush offers a more classic Alishan Jin Xuan flavor profile.

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Worker harvesting Taiwan Red Jade Black Tea in the fields.

Red Jade Black Tea 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

August 04, 2022

Red Jade, a.k.a. Taiwan Tea #18, is a hybrid large leaf cultivar that is unique to Taiwan. The indigenous wild tea tree that grows naturally in the mountain forests of Taiwan was cross-bred with the Assam strain from India. This initially occurred naturally when the Japanese introduced the Assam strain to the Sun Moon Lake area of Taiwan in the early 20th century. Chinese immigrants to this area had already been cultivating the indigenous tea strain, which eventually cross-pollinated with the new Assam strain.

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Roasted Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong | Eco-Cha Teas

Roasted Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong | Eco-Cha Teas

July 21, 2022

It's the above award that inspired us to have the second half of our winter 2021 stock of Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong roasted by our close friend who cultivated it. He entered his own roasted version from this same crop into the Lugu Farmers" Association Dong Ding Oolong Tea competition and received Top Category Award (within the top 2% of all entries). When we heard the news, we promptly requested his services to roast the remainder of our procured share in the same fashion as this top award winning tea!

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Tie Guan Yin Oolong tea leaves being processed into tea

Taiwan Tie Guan Yin Oolong Spring 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

July 14, 2022

Taiwan's Tie Guan Yin Oolong, as it is made in the Muzha tradition, is the most heavily oxidized and heavily roasted of all Taiwan's renowned Oolong (partially oxidized) tea types. The photo above shows the leaves when they are approaching the desired degree of oxidation, before the tumble heating/kill green step of Oolong Tea making.

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Source of Eco-Farmed High Mountain Oolong Tea

Taiwan Eco-Farmed High Mountain Oolong Tea Spring 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

July 07, 2022

Eco-Cha's source of Eco-Farmed High Mountain Oolong is the most remote and natural setting of a tea farm that we have seen in Taiwan. Located on aboriginal land, adjacent to Yushan National Forest Park, it's got a lot going for it — thanks to the husband and wife team who manage it. Our spring batch of tea is a 50/50 blend of two days harvest from their two plots of tea. These two days of harvest were entered separately in the this year's national organic tea competition, and both received awards.

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Taiwan high mountain tea country

Taiwan High Mountain Oolong Tea Spring 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

June 23, 2022

Spring Tea is the most popular among Taiwan's High Mountain Tea fans. Generally speaking, spring harvest offers the most aromatic and fresh flavor profile. In the end, however, each batch of tea has its own unique character. So we are going to take this opportunity to taste all 3 of our spring High Mountain Oolong Teas simultaneously, and while doing so, offer some background information about each growing region and how they differ from each other.

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Li Shan High Mountain Oolong Spring 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

Li Shan High Mountain Oolong Spring 2022 | Eco-Cha Teas

May 31, 2022

Our spring 2022 batch of Li Shan High Mountain Oolong Tea is now on the shelf! Li Shan is a place name that means Pear Mountain. Li Shan High Mountain Tea is the most prestigious name of Taiwan Tea overall. It is home to the highest elevation tea farms on the island of Taiwan, and the climate is ideal for producing the best quality leaf — in the world, arguably!

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Taiwan Celebrates International Tea Day | Eco-Cha Teas

Taiwan Celebrates International Tea Day | Eco-Cha Teas

May 21, 2022

On the occasion of International Tea Day, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted a video on their Youtube channel about Taiwanese tea culture in which we participated. Eco-Cha was asked to share a day in the life of our world of tea. So the first introduction was to our tea family and mentors Tony and Lisa Lin. We just sat in the backyard and had tea, like we usually do, and talked with the film makers about the local industry and culture.

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